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Obamacare and HealthCare.gov Show How Government Fails to Work
Liberal supporters of the Affordable Care Act specifically, and big government in general, are quick with excuses for all the problems that Obamacare has …
“Sealed for Your Protection”
I opened a new bottle of probiotics this morning, and it had one of those circular seals on the top. You know, the one …
Strolling down the Silk Road
The Silk Road was an undercover website where you could buy or sell illegal goods — drugs mainly. I believe passports were changing hands …
The Alchemist’s Dream: Make Anything
“Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.” When Capt. Jean-Luc Picard wants a steaming beverage in his ready room aboard the starship Enterprise, he just utters those …
Government Is the Problem
Last spring, Barack Obama told the graduating class of Ohio State University: “Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as …
Employers to Cancel Plans for Millions, Shift Costs to Workers
As the fallout continues over the cancellation notices sent to millions of people covered by health plans in the individual insurance market, it is …
The NSA’s Porn Problem
In the Huffington Post last week, Glenn Greenwald, Slate contributor Ryan Gallagher, and Ryan Grim had an investigative piece reporting that the NSA had …
Bitcoin: Segway, Cigarette, or Gold Doubloon?
The market has selected different things as money throughout history. Some of these items have served as money in isolated places for specific periods …
Catastrophic Plans
A president stands disgraced. Congress is scattering. Bureaucrats are baffled. Pundits are reaching. Industry is scared. Politicians are scrambling to do something, anything, to …
Bitcoin Bytes Back
[Ed. Note: This article originally published on Jan. 24, 2013] Stocks up. Gold down. Bitcoin… waaay up. The S&P 500 busted through the 1,500 …
What Would a Free Society Look Like?
Given the enormous role that the welfare-warfare state plays in American life, it is always easy for libertarians to find deprivations of liberty, such …
Is Saving Money Bad for the Economy?
Our grandparents believed in the value of thrift, but many of their grandchildren don’t. That’s because cultural and economic values have changed dramatically over …
The Cure for the Broken Monetary System
Before the housing market collapsed and the government pumped billions into the economy to save it, there was a programmer named Satoshi Nakamoto. And …
A Global War on Savers
So Janet Yellen’s first hearing took place a few nights ago. It was fairly boring. She’s expected to sail through and become the next …
The Hidden Marriage Penalty in Obamacare
Any married couple that earns more than 400% of the federal poverty level — that is $62,040 — or a family of two earns too much for subsidies under Obamacare. But if that same couple lived together unmarried, they could earn up to $45,960 each — $91,920 total — and still be eligible for subsidies through the exchanges in New York state.
None Dare Call It…
The president assures us he is not responsible for the wave of health insurance policy cancellations. The insurance companies are. OK, so where is the other side?
Time to Start Considering Obamacare’s Worst Case Scenarios
The saying goes that things have to get worse before they get better. But with Obamacare, things just keep getting worse — and then …
Ike Warned Us About This Guy
The words of H.L. Mencken rang through my head as I listened to a certain Alabama congressman talk to 40 or 50 shivering supporters …
Has the Fed Met Its Match?
Now, this is sheer entertainment. The Chicago branch of the Federal Reserve has addressed the great monetary question of our day. A researcher has …
Bureaucrats Against Health Care Access
Though the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges has dismayed even the law’s supporters, the problem the ACA is designed to address …
10-Year-Old “Doctor” Meets the Rule of Law
From the Tongue-in-Cheek Department of Spy Briefing Books Houston, TX — Police in Houston, Texas, recently charged a 10-year-old girl with aggravated sexual assault. …
The Myth About Money, Credit & Gold
The standard version of how money came to be goes like this: First, there was barter. (A handful of nails for a pint of …
America’s Technology Sector Is Too Eager to Cave to a Snooping Government
Americans are still trying to get a handle on the full extent of the government’s domestic spying activities, including the recent revelation that the …
Blinding You With Science
It is such a kick to read the transcripts from the White House’s health care “war room” in the first days of release. What …